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La Ciudad y Los Perros by Mario Vargas Llosa
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La Ciudad y Los Perros (original 1962; edition 1974)

by Mario Vargas Llosa

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This story portrays how four angry cadets deal with the boredom and stifling confinement of a military academy.
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Title:La Ciudad y Los Perros
Authors:Mario Vargas Llosa
Info:Editorial Seix Barral (1974), Hardcover
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The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa (1962)

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  archivomorero | Jun 25, 2022 |
Muy impresionante; merece todo elogio que haya recibido. Al principio me hizo pensar mucho en la Zögling Törleß de Robert Musil por su situación en un colegio militar, la violencia y economía negra, aunque ésta no está tan desarrollada --siendo casi cincuenta años mayor --como Ciudad y los perros. Al fin me encontré completamente equivocado sobre la identidad del narrador sin nombre (hubiera conectado los hábitos del padre con la actitud de un cadete pero en fin), y me hizo disculpar por toda opinión previa acerca de una interpretación más bien floja de las técnicas de Faulkner. La verdad, Vargas Llosa ha sacado todo lo excelente de Faulkner con lo listo de este cuento. ( )
  EugenioNegro | Mar 17, 2021 |
The description provided here is fairly accurate. I was not terribly impressed when I read it. It was very slow reading, and overall, the pace seemed very slow. Vargas Llosa is one of the great Latin American writers, and I have read some of this other works. But this was not one I liked. ( )
  bloodravenlib | Aug 17, 2020 |
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Mario Vargas Llosa—primary authorall editionscalculated
Cicogna, EnricoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kemp, LysanderTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Klimowski, AndrzejCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rijkmans, J.G.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Canonical title
The Time of the Hero
Original title
La ciudad y los perros
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1962 (original Spanish)
1966 (English: Kemp)
People/Characters
Alberto
Jaguar
The Slave
Cava
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Lima, Peru
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La ciudad y los perros (1985 | IMDb)
Yaguar (1986 | IMDb)
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'Four,' the Jaguar said.
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Quando il vento dell'alba irrompe sulla Perla spingendo la nebbia verso il mare e dissolvendola, e il cortile del Collegio Militare Leoncio Prado si schiarisce come una stanza piena di fumo non appena si spalancano le finestre, sulla soglia del capannone appare sbadigliando un soldato anonimo che avanza stropicciandosi gli occhi verso le camerate dei cadetti.
— È della prima compagnia? — chiese.

— Sì, signor capitano, — disse Pezoa. — Del primo reparto.

— Come si chiama?

— Ricardo Arana, signor capitano. — Esitò un istante e aggiunse: — Lo chiamano lo Schiavo.
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863.64Literature › Spanish and Portuguese › Spanish fiction › 20th Century › 1945-2000

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PQ8498.A65Language and Literature › French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures › Spanish literature › Provincial, local, colonial, etc. › Spanish America

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